June 27, 1998
I cannot believe 8 days has gone by, I have worked 80 hours and spent the rest visiting and meetings, and some sleep during that time. Here are three pictures from Justin’s graduation:
June 19, 1998
Another country heard from! Denise’s sister Alicia Sell (alicia.sell@mci2000.com). We are off to the ballgame tonight!
June 18, 1998(update)
Just watched “The Edge”, it was interesting enough to keep us, after the first introduction. Hope everything works out and your bike gets fixed Darrell and you get back home OK! Keep on trucking!
June 18, 1998
Sue’s daughter in law Tammy, Dan’s daughter Courtney, Donald’s daughter Stephanie and David’s son Jim and daughter Heather each have new e-mail addresses on the Family Data Page.
Today GTE is supposed to bring in the ISDN line to our office. I hope it works as well as it is touted, with us being able to communicate 12 times as fast as our current 56K connection.
Tomorrow Denise and I will be going to the Red Sox vs. Devil Rays game, should be fun! I had asked Dad to come last week but he had prayer meeting.
June 17, 1998
The network is up and running! I spent so much time on it during the past week that Denise thought I had abandoned her! I delivered roses to her yesterday and am taking her out to dinner tonight to make up for it. I still have to get the local e-mail and network access up and running, but the entire staff can share files and work on them at the same time now, what an improvement!
June 13, 1998
We were headed out the door to go sailing last night when we found the tide was out. We slept in, got up to go sailing, then decided to take the day off. The first day we have had off off in a very long time. We decided to walk to the local store to sit in their alcove and have breakfast. We came back and decided to do a couple of projects, Denise replaced a screen in the back porch, I installed pegboad in one of the cupboards so Denise can organize her pans. After that I went to the office and worked on the computers trying to get them to recognize each other. No luck yet, they still say there is no server to validate the password, yet I can ping them fine! Will have to hire the same two guys again to finish the job this time.
Guest writer, the magnificent AL:
Hello,
We are rapidly coming to a change here in Vt. In a couple of days
Darrell will be here to pick up Adam and take him back to Florida. It is
going to be quite a change for us all. Susan will have to take the brunt
of all my warm, wonderful remarks and I her's. I am not sure which of us
is going to be the worse off. Adam is such a wonderful buffer!
Of course the beefers know that he is leaving and have been off
their feed for several days. I just hope that their melancholy does not
last too long, I would hate to see them lose too much weight. But then
again, the grass would last longer into the summer.
Red, our rooster, is very upset. Adam is the only one on the hill
who is afraid of him. Red likes to protect the girls in the coop and he
has a tendency to charge people who come too close to his girls. Adam is
the only one who runs away when Red charges. I'm sure that if hens could
smile, the girls would be smiling.
I really can't say much about the pigs. I do think that Becky Bacon
winked at Adam the other day when he was in the barn. I would like to
think that it was just my imagination though. Of course, he has spent a
lot of time scratching her. Like any pig she loves a good scratching.
The dogs will be heartbroken when Adam leaves, especially next
winter. Adam lets the dogs sleep on the bed with him. Its a good soft
bed for the dogs and it keeps Adam warm in the cold, cold winter nights.
Of course, I will miss Adam also. Why, I am just starting to get
him trained to mow the lawn, carry in wood and to do just about any
other menial job that Sue usually does for me.
I guess I had better get to bed now. I do need my beauty rest.
Al
June 7, 1998
The Graduation was great, the first student speaker was excellent!
Denise thought the play Les Miserables was a little slow in the first half, but the second half was excellent! Denise’s parents then spent today with us. We had a short nap, then Denise left for a party with friends. I then networked our two computers! It is neat being able to print through her computer and to be able to share files. Later I will try to run a program that is only on hers. It took me till midnight to get all the settings right and the cable to respond, but it is fine now.
June 3, 1998
We are going to Darrell’s son Justin’s High School Graduation tomorrow night and then will be going to see LES MISERABLES with Denise’s parents Friday. I may take Denise’s parents sailing on Saturday afternoon and maybe Dad H might come down next weekend. Nate and Audra are planning a trip here and will be arriving sometime in July. Lots of activity!
During the next few weeks I will be adding a page regarding Mom H. Anyone having anything I can use to put it together is urged to send it to me: pictures, writings, stories, etc. are appreciated.